B-type star · blue-white star

Zubeneschamali

185 lybrightness mag 2.61B8V

Also catalogued as 27Bet Lib · HR 5685 · HD 135742 · HIP 74785

11,107 K

temperature

2.61

apparent magnitude

254× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

185 years

at light speed from Earth

1.92×

as hot as the Sun

254×

the Sun's light output

-1.16

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

ZubeneschamaliB-type

Sky regionLibrathis direction

Star29Omi Lib20 ly

StarZubenelhakrabi31 ly

StarHR 587532 ly

StarZubenelgenubistar

StarBrachiumstar

Nearest stars

29Omi Lib →20 ly apart
Zubenelhakrabi →31 ly apart
HR 5875 →32 ly apart
8 Ser →32 ly apart
32Mu Ser →35 ly apart
HR 5930 →39 ly apart

Bright stars in Libra

Zubenelgenubi →mag 2.8
Brachium →mag 3.3
39Ups Lib →mag 3.6
40Tau Lib →mag 3.7
Zubenelhakrabi →mag 3.9
46The Lib →mag 4.1
16 Lib →mag 4.5
24Iot1Lib →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 2.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Libra

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.